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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2017098463 · 9/1/2017 · ADEPT CORPORATION

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Source
Grinders, abraders

Employer

Name
ADEPT CORPORATION
Location
4601 NORTH SUSQUEHANNA TRAIL, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, 17402
NAICS
326130
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was manually rotating the blades of a grinder machine to clear plastic out of it after a power outage when the blades partially amputated his left thumb.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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